Q263 How can I target the main browser window?

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To load a document into the main window, requires you to name the main window. In the main window do:

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
name = 'mymainwindow';
//--></script>

However this will *not* work in Netscape Navigator 2 or Internet Explorer 3 as the windows name property is read only.

Then you can target the main window as:

<a href="apage.html" target="mymainwindow">link text</a>

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